Sandhiya Ranganathan

In this Indian name, the name Ranganathan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sandhiya.

Sandhiya Ranganathan

Ranganathan in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Sandhiya Ranganathan
Date of birth	(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Panruti, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	East Bengal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Jeppiaar Institute	5	(3)
2018–2021	Sethu	25	(27)
2023–2024	Gokulam Kerala	21	(15)
2024–	East Bengal
International career‡
2019–	India	47	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 February 2025

Sandhiya Ranganathan (born 20 May 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for East Bengal in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national team.

International career

She scored her first goal in 2018 in the COTIF Women's Football Tournament. Then she scored her second goal against Sri Lanka in the 2019 SAFF Women's Championship on 17 March 2019. ^[1] In 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Round 2 she scored another important goal for the national team against Nepal on 6 April 2019. ^[2]

Career statistics

International

As of 26 February 2025

International caps and goals
Year	Caps	Goals
2019	16	7
2021	7	0
2022	6	0
2023	10	3
2024	6	0
2025	2	0
Total	47	10

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Sandhiya Ranganathan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 March 2019	Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal	Maldives	2–0	6–0	2019 SAFF Women's Championship
2.	17 March 2019		Sri Lanka	2–0	5–0
3.	6 April 2019	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Nepal	2–1	3–1	2020 Olympic Qualifiers
4.	9 April 2019		Myanmar	1–0	3–3
5.	2 September 2019	Yakkasary Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–0	1–1	Friendly
6.	5 December 2019	Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara, Nepal	Sri Lanka	2–0	6–0	2019 South Asian Games
7.				4–0
8.	7 April 2023	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	4–0	2024 Olympic Qualifiers
9.				3–0
10.	29 October 2023	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Vietnam	1–3	1–3

Honours

India

• SAFF Women's Championship: 2019
• South Asian Games Gold medal: 2019

Sethu

• Indian Women's League: 2018–19

Gokulam Kerala

• Indian Women's League: 2022–23 ^{[3] [4]}

Tamil Nadu

• Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2022–23 ^[5]
• National Games Bronze medal: 2022 ^[6]

Individual

• Indian Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2018–19

See also

• List of Indian Women's League hat-tricks

References

1. "INDIAN WOMEN CHARGE INTO SAFF SEMIS WITH 5–0 WIN OVER SRI LANKA". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
2. "INDIAN WOMEN CLINCH CRUCIAL WIN AGAINST NEPAL IN 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS ROUND 2". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
3. "Gokulam Kerala steamroll Kickstart to complete hat-trick of Hero IWL titles". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
4. "Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Chennai: Sportstar. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
5. "Comeback queens Tamil Nadu regain National supremacy". AIFF. 28 June 2023.
6. "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022.

External links

• Sandhiya Ranganathan at All India Football Federation
• Sandhiya Ranganathan at Global Sports Archive